EPA tells 1,500 scientists in Office of Research and Development to apply for new agency jobs after Trump administration reorganization targets their positions.
White House directs federal agencies to stop using social cost of carbon when making regulatory decisions.
Fifteen states sue over Trump order fast-tracking fossil fuel projects after he declares “energy emergency.”
Trump-backed tax cut package includes controversial plan to sell public lands in Nevada and Utah, drawing sharp backlash.
Democratic senators press Trump administration over plan to gut endangered species habitat protections.
House Republicans vote to block California’s clean air waivers and revoke Biden-era vehicle rules in legally dubious move.
Trump budget proposes 23% cut to domestic spending, 13% boost to defense, and elimination of dozens of social programs.
Trump administration disbands U.S. climate report authors, threatening congressionally mandated national assessment.
National Weather Service to resume translating forecasts after contract lapse endangered non-English speakers.
Trump administration cancels $400 million in AmeriCorps grants, cutting 41 percent of the agency’s 2025 budget.
Trump administration pushes IMF and World Bank overhaul to scrap climate work, limit equity programs, and confront China.
Trump officials move to gut endangered species protections by redefining “harm” to exclude habitat destruction.
Trump administration halts offshore wind project set to help power NYC, defying permits and threatening climate and jobs goals.
Judge orders immediate unfreezing of climate and infrastructure funds, says Trump can’t block laws in perpetuity.
Trump exempts nearly 70 coal plants from mercury and toxin pollution limits, including nation’s top polluter.
FEMA denies disaster aid to Washington for bomb cyclone damage after Trump demands immigration and DEI compliance.
Musk’s DOGE hijacks computerized federal grant system, blocking agencies from posting $500B in awards.
Trump threatens tariffs over Mexico’s failure to deliver Rio Grande water under 1944 treaty, says it forced Texas crop losses
Kathleen Sgamma withdraws from Bureau of Land Management nomination after past criticism of Trump’s role in Jan. 6 attack resurfaces.
Trump signs orders to revive U.S. coal industry, mandate new plants, and reclassify coal as a critical mineral despite its role in climate change and extreme weather.
RFK Jr. plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, echoing Utah ban and triggering EPA review.
Trump administration doesn’t renew contract for translating weather alerts and forecasts, cutting access for non-English speakers.
Trump opens 176,000 square miles of forest to faster logging, ends key protections in wildfire-prone areas.
Chemical lobby races through EPA’s ‘polluter portal’ as two trade groups ask Trump to exempt all toxic air polluters from Biden-era rules.
Trump administration ends disaster prep grant program for communities, cancels pending funds and past awards.
Judge slams EPA and Citibank over $20 billion green grant freeze, questions legality of Trump-aligned shutdown targeting nonprofits.
Zeldin shuts down one-room EPA museum he calls a shrine to climate change and environmental justice, slams omission of Trump-era policies.
EPA opens portal for polluters to request Trump exemptions from Clean Air Act rules as coal push escalates.
Top White House energy aide quits weeks after launching Trump’s Energy Dominance Council, leaving oil execs in charge as fuel policy hangs in the balance.
Trump taps 1950 emergency law to boost mining, open federal lands to coal, and give allies sweeping power over mineral policy.
Trump administration opens 82% of Alaska reserve to drilling, reinstates ANWR leases and clears path for LNG pipeline.
EPA head Lee Zeldin vowed to put “a dagger through the heart of climate change religion” by rolling back or reconsidering over 30 regulations regulating vehicles, power plants, and more
A leaked EPA memo reveals the agency will eliminate all 11 environmental justice offices nationwide. 4o
NOAA, the agency for weather, oceans, and fisheries, faces a second round of 1,000 layoffs, bringing total job losses to 25%.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says 83% of USAID’s programs have been eliminated, with the State Department taking over the rest.
